The model uses realistically coupled, discretised, Wilson-Cowan units to describe the spatio-temporal activity of a cortical sheet. This model has been used the investigate the dynamic onset mechanisms of focal seizures.
Model Type: Neural mass
Model Concept(s): Oscillations; Spatio-temporal Activity Patterns; Epilepsy; Delay; Brain Rhythms; Bifurcation
Simulation Environment: MATLAB
Implementer(s): Wang, Yujiang [yujiang.wang at newcastle.ac.uk]
References:
Wang Y, Goodfellow M, Taylor PN, Baier G. (2014). Dynamic mechanisms of neocortical focal seizure onset. PLoS computational biology. 10 [PubMed]